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Saturday morning's quarterfinals began nothing short of ominously. As Howard Sands, playing the second slot in the "A" bracket, narrowly avenged last week's loss to Brown's John Hare, Crimson number one Don Pompan and number three Warren Grossman found themselves served into submission on two adjacent courts...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Tennis Squads Register Mixed Results | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...never knew where the ball was going," Stewart says with a smile. "Once, I hit a kid in the head and it broke his batting helmet. That's when the mothers started to get mad." Ron was subesequently banned from the league and moved up to the 10-12 bracket. He was playing American Legion ball...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Ron Stewart | 4/29/1980 | See Source »

Rosie Ruiz of New York won the women's bracket in 2:31.00 to break Joan Benoit's record-setting run of last year by more than four minutes, but she is currently under investigation for missing checkpoints during...

Author: By Gregg F. Clifton and Nevin I. Shalit, S | Title: Rogers Triumphs in Fourth Straight Marathon | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

...much for the veterans. On this year's squad, to mix a metaphor, youth springs eternal. Sands, ranked 13th nationally in the 18 and under bracket, is the highest ranked player to come to Harvard in years. Horne calls him the team's most composed player on the court, and he enjoyed the most successful western trip, finishing...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Netmen to Face Middies; Frosh May Lead Squad | 4/4/1980 | See Source »

...such groups as the Gray Panthers, is becoming less virulent. One ought to add that attitudes had better change. American society contains an ever swelling number and proportion of older people. Today nearly 25 million Americans, or 11.2% of the total, are over 65, and the ratio of that bracket is rising sharply. To foreclose senior citizens from society's respect and affection will mean more in the future than pain to the graying population. It will mean serious generational conflict for everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Looking Askance at Ageism | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

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